job of the British forces in 1914 and 1915 was to support the French. This is because the British Army was very small. In 1914‚ it had about 250‚000 men scattered around the British Empire. In that year‚ the British sent 5 divisions (a division was usually about 15‚000 men) to the front in France. The French army had 72 divisions and the Germans had 122 divisions. The French and Germans both had a system of compulsory military service. This meant all men served about 2 years in the army and gained
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been saved? Although American colonists always tried to negotiate the contentious policies which contradicted their principles with the British Parliament‚ the crown did not leave much room for the discussion fueling the Anglo-American debate with a stubborn constitutional position; with a ridiculous notion as virtual representation; with a large British army that limited the economic development of the country; with the unjust acts that forced to shell out revenues from the colonies; One of
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Is the Gurkha a Mercenary? Gurkhas are people from Nepal‚ recruited for the British national army‚ Singapore Police and the Indian Army. They are not hired just to fight war. Different nations have different security and military strategy‚ for example‚ the primary purpose of the Gurkhas in the Singapore Police is to act as a neutral or impartial force should there be any racial conflict in Singapore. British Gurkhas and Indian Gurkhas are deployed differently as per their host nation’s military
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allied and Prussian armies‚ and annihilate each one separately. This was a great strategy in theory because if he could destroy the coalition forces before they were reinforced then he might be able to drive the British back to the sea and knock the Prussian’s out of the war. This ended up leading to the strategy proper of the war because Napoleon knew that the British and Prussian armies were trying to meet up so he marched his army to a spot where he was in between them. Once his army was in the middle
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The theme of "Midaq Alley" cuts to the heart of Arab society. Namely‚ it shows how a group of characters living in the same slum neighborhood responds to the combined promise and threat of Western-influenced modernization. Midaq Alley is about the Egyptian residents of a hustling‚ packed back alley in Cairo in the 1940’s. The attempts of several residents to escape the alley and move up in status end with dreams broken and unfulfilled. The opening sentences of "Midaq Alley" points to a world bypassed
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As everyone may have heard‚ recently the war between England and America has just ended. Through all the battles America has stayed strong and pushed through. We showed England that as an army‚ we could beat them and gain our independence. We persevered in the face of strong opposition and the might of the British. But how did this all begin and why did we‚ as a colony want to put an end to this? One of the main reasons the colonists started rebelling was because they felt they were not being represented
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WAR THE ARMY THE RAF THE NAVY CIVILIAN PRECAUTIONS THE SEARCH FOR ALLIES ECONOMIC PRECAUTIONS INTRODUCTION How well prepared was Britain for war in 1939? The British Army in 1939 was a small‚ professional force. It was supported by the Territorial Army. At the outbreak of war the British Expeditionary Force dispatched to France was 12 divisions in size. This was from a total force of 50 full and part-time divisions. In addition to the forces of the British Army‚ also consider
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Headquarters (COHQ) and the fact that it did not have the forces or the commanders for large operations. The COHQ was only one of many planners organizing the raid thus the plan became a “prescription for disaster.” The Canadian Commander relied on the “British advisors at COHQ and Home Force‚ whereas they thoroughly imbued with the principle of a commander’s veto‚ assumed that if Roberts
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Field Marshal Haig: “Hero or Butcher of the Somme” I consider the field marshal as a butcher and a hero for numerous reasons. While the insinuation of Haig as a butcher ignores many positives that he possessed‚ the implication of him being a hero also neglects negatives that the field marshal obtains. Although the winning of the war had come at the sacrifice of a vast number of soldiers‚ we must not forget that the general had achieved his primary objective even if it had been accomplished in
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too big cor its current garrison‚ but once the army of Arendelle reach it it would be a hard nut to crack. A day of delay for the twenty-four-pounders is a day added to take the fortress and a day less to receive reinforcements." Nelberg looked in surprise at Erick. "You seem to know some concepts about siege warfare." "I was in a siege and I had a good teacher." Erick replied remembering the long months spent in a city surrounded by the Lithuanian army and Corrado’s explanations. The grumpy Italian
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